I had fun with this one, imagining younger years under the moonlight. I hope you like it. Won't you join in with your poem? Mine's a simple Tanka, syllables 5-7-5-7-7, but you can choose any syllabic form.
Have a wonderful week!
Hi dear friends, it's #Tanka Tuesday and author Colleen Chesebro invites us to participate in another poetry prompt. Since it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, we're to respond to a theme -- the Harvest Moon.
I had fun with this one, imagining younger years under the moonlight. I hope you like it. Won't you join in with your poem? Mine's a simple Tanka, syllables 5-7-5-7-7, but you can choose any syllabic form. Have a wonderful week!
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Hello dear friends, I've a medical adventure to share. It was innocent enough, an advertisement in a magazine for glasses that filtered the computer’s blue light. Better sleep was the claim and clearer vision was the promise. I ordered one right away. My Whiskey Tortoise pair arrived two days ago. I donned it immediately and by the end of day, I thought I noticed a difference. My eyes didn’t seem as tired, but my nose – something was odd with my nose. I looked in the mirror and discovered it was impossibly larger than usual. The bridge was bright red and otherwise the nose was quite swollen. I tossed and turned last night, wanting to scratch my nose off my face. And in the morning discovered it had grown even more. How could that be? Hubby made a quick trip to the pharmacy for Hydrocortisone and Benadryl, in hopes of preventing a visit to a Walk-In Clinic. The long and the short of it is I’m allergic to something on the glasses. And I suspect I know what that something is. Several years ago, I had my hair dyed. Unbeknown to me, the dye contained polyethylene glycol (PEG). I had a massive reaction and ended up in the emergency room with doctors and nurses rushing around to help me breathe. Six weeks later, I was still on steroids and other medications. So, what does my nose have to do with my hair? I suspect that whatever was sprayed on the glasses contained PEG. I share this because I’m one of the unvaccinated. The CDC instructs that no one with an allergy to PEG can take the vaccine. We all have our reasons for getting or refusing it, but my reason is medical and there are others like me. We live in crazy tumultuous times, and I believe the only way we’ll get through this is if we step back and truly listen to our neighbor. You know the phrase about walking in another person’s shoes? If ever there was a time to do so, I suspect it's now. Though that said, I wouldn't want you to walk in mine. On a happy note, from hubby's perspective my nose has shrunk just a little. I can't see it, but his words are encouraging. Thank God for facemasks, right?? I knew there had to be a bright side to COVID somewhere. 😊 I've got shopping to do, and if nothing else, a mask covers my very special nose. Have a wonderful week, my friends. Think twice before buying those protective glasses, and stay safe. Hello blog friends, I hope the week is going well for you. In my part of the world, the temps have dropped and skies have cleared. There's a Fall crispness to the air that I love. With the full moon still high in the heavens, this week’s Tanka Challenge is particularly alluring.
Author Colleen M. Chesebro selected an art image submitted by poet Merril D. Smith for this week's challenge. All participants are to use this image to explore Ekphrastic writing. You'll see my Tanka response below. I've entitled it Eternity. I hope you like it. 💗 Hello blog friends! I hope all is going well for you, and also hope you're enjoying the last traces of summer. It's still pretty warm in northern Arizona, but mornings and evenings are delightful. As you might suspect, it's #Tanka Tuesday, and author Colleen Chesebro invites all of us to participate in another poetry prompt. This week we're to use synonyms for the words Family and Peace. My submission is a Butterfly Cinquain of 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2 syllables. I've entitled it A Child's Delight. It was fun to write and hopefully, fun for you to read. 😊 Perhaps you'd like to submit a poem? If so, just click on Colleen's name and you'll travel to her website where you'll find lots of helpful information. Hope to see you among Colleen's tribe!
Have a wonderful week! Hello blog friends! I hope your week is going well and also hope you had a wonderful long Labor Day weekend. I’ve been silent for a while, because my husband and I moved - for the third time in less than three months. It's been quite the experience, and for much of it, we had no WiFi. The good news is, we are now settled. YAY! Our home in a country area just outside of Prescott, AZ. Pronghorn antelope run freely in the grassy slopes, while horses and cattle are everywhere visible. It’s a serene setting, one that feeds the soul. This week Author Colleen Chesebro invites budding poets like me to write about any topic for her #TankaTuesday Challenge. My tanka talks about dreams found and healed in the sunrise -- a gift I discovered from morning walks in this lovely mountainous area. I took this photo with my cell phone as I walked in the early morning light. I hope you can see why this time of the day is so special to me. How about you - what gives your heart peace? I'd love to know. 💗
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. ―Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning